Bye-bye my younger days, now wipe your tears away

[halffling]

(♥ to inevendim)

I'm... sad.

Including being anko's and Lily's last day (one of the aides) -- 11 kids from the preschool left today for kindergarten. Throughout the summer, a handful of kids have been leaving for kindergarten. It never hit me that they were actually gone, it felt more like summer vacation

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[anko]

Aww you're making me tear up =( You wrote down everything we talked about in the car.

It makes me sad, because I just realized that I'll probably remember Mitchell and his "it's like we were married~" comment to me forever, but he'll probably won't remember me. It saddens me, and I really was considering working with kids this summer, but after today, I don't think I can handle having them come and go just like that =(

[halffling]

:(! *hugs* It's so silly that I'm being sad over this, really. But it's hard. I don't think I could ever be a teacher because of this, either. How I'd have to go through this year after year? Maybe that's why they've become immune to it and forget their students' names. It'd be more hurtful to remember.

Gosh, that Mitchell. I don't know how he managed to make such an impression on all of us. He's the first kid I took a picture of at that school. The first.

[anko]

They're not even our children you know, but they're so precious to us. It's like when we come to the school, we enter a different world, and every time at 6 o'clock, it ends, but it begins again the very next day, you'd never think it would end. It really was a different world of its own, one that you really can't help but be immersed in. You'd be absorbed and forget that for some of them, it would end because they're growing up.

Oh Mitchell...he's actually a real naughty kid, but you grow to love him anyways. I guess, this is what parent's feel with their kids?

[halffling]

They aren't!! And I don't know why I'd get so darn ATTACHED to them. I never intended to. I didn't know I'd be able to bond with them. I never really bonded with the children I tutored (forgot practically all of their names already) -- but these kids... even though they're bad at times. I could never hate any of them, that's out of the question.

I agree - the preschool is like its own little world. I feel like I get sucked in whenever I start, and then spat back out at 6 pm every day. The next day I'd repeat, it was nothing. Then one day, like today, comes along... and it's weird. You have to admit that today was a very strange day. Everything was off somehow, I can't explain it.

Growing up is depressing, no matter how you look at it XD

Oh really, Mitchell is never sorry for what he does, and he's so blunt sometimes. Gosh, I bet this is what parents feel like with their kids (though probably moreso) DDD: That's a scary thought.

[alkhoon]

uwa~ you make me wanna cry~ it's like they are leaving me too. UWA~ kiddies don't go. DOn't leave auntie biku. XO

but more kiddies are coming~ and you'll have fun with them too. :)

Yay~ you received the packages. ^___^! yay XD the giftwrap! 8D.
Was there a note in it as well? :D

Yaay~~ xD;; You're welcome dear. X3

I have a question about DEPAPEPE. I've only listened to SUMMER PARADE but are all their songs like that? just music or do they sing? @@

[halffling]

*squishes you* Awww, don't cry! D: Would make me feel bad XDD

AUNTIE ALKIEEE~. One of the kids that left a few weeks ago used to call me 'uncle' >>;

I miss her~

AND YES! IT WAS ALL GIFTWRAPPED AND SHINY OMGGGG. I DID NOT EXPECT THAT! AND THE NOTE~~~~~ *HUGGLES* Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu. Made me happy :D

I've only listened to SUMMER PARADE but are all their songs like that? just music or do they sing? @@
xDDD Yep, all of their music is like that, instrumental xD So it was hard for me to find out who they were, because when I first saw the video for 'SUMMER PARADE' it didn't have ANY information. No artist, no title. Imagine trying to figure out who they were without knowing their name or the name of the song since it was only music -___-;

BUT THEY ARE LOVE. They did a collaboration with CHEMISTRY in which they play music and there's words to it, if you're interested in that x)

ANYWAY, SANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN *LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE*

[alkhoon]

*SQUISHED* :D I love squishes. Makes me thinner every time.~ until I disappear. OH YEA. :D Or like a walking stick. 8D

Auntie Alkie. 8DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Hahaha. That sounds so weird.

Auntie alkie and auntie bikubiku. :D

LOL uncle biku~ where's the misses bikubiku. x3

Yaaay~ cdjapan are truly good. XD That bad is so cute! :DDD

Thank you~ about the info for Summer Parade. :D Because I liked it a lot~ and I think I'll get more of their music. XDDD I don't mind instrumentals since I listen to a lot of classical music as well. XDDD

Yaaaay~~ YOU R WELCOME. Dou itashimashite~ de rein. XD

[halffling]

XDD!! b-but... I don't want you to disappear!! :O

LOL!

The bag ISSS cute. I can't believe they do giftwrap, and personal messages :O BUT OMG THE SHIPPING, EEEEE, IT MUST'VE KILLED YOU~ *APOLOGIZES* Nooooo need to do express, dear! *falls over and hugs you*

Ahh! Join depapepe ;D Full discography is up there, although I'll also be uploading it to my box.net tomorrow~ *can rip own CD now, EEEEEEE ♥*

[sora_shoma]

Blah. That's the reason I decided I might not want to go into any type of teaching job...the kids grow up, and move on, and you grow up...but you don't move on with them. It's sad, but just THINK of all the new happy little kids who are going to love you again this year. :D

And who knows, they might remember you someday. I'm 15 and I remember my preschool teacher, seriously. :P Don't be sad! ♥

[halffling]

I remember that I wanted to be a teacher when I was growing up X) It'd be hard to, now that I think about it... ahh, I don't know.

The new kids will definitely make me happy, but it won't be the same. *sigh*

I'm 15 and I remember my preschool teacher, seriously. :P Don't be sad! ♥
That's SO sweet~! *huggles* Thank you :)

[sora_shoma]

Yeah it would, I can barely run the anime club D: teaching seems harder then it looks.

You're welcome. :D Happiness is the key to...well, I'm not gonna go off on some cliche thing about what happiness is the key to but um. Yeah...I don't know what I'm talking about now...ANYWAY.

♥

[inevendim]

*hugs hugs hugs*

Aw Vicky dear! I feel sad having to say goodbye to those cute little kids after reading that, and it must be so hard to see them move on like that when you've looked after them over such a long time. They sound so gorgeous.

A bunch of kids that I'll always remember, though they won't remember me. I think that's what hurts the most
You know what? My mum is a teacher (a 33 year career!) and she remembers every single one of her students ... ones she taught when they were in kindergarten in the 70s, in the 80s... so long ago. Sometimes an electrician comes to fix something and she realises it's a 30-year-old who she taught 25 years ago. Or she goes on a walk with friends and meets someone new before recognising that she's the mother of three kids she taught. And the best part about it is that they always remember too. It sounds crazy, but I promise you it's true! Owing to the insano-factor I was discussing earlier with my memory tendencies, I perfectly remember every teacher I've had. It's funny actually that you would

[halffling]

*huggles!!*

I had never realized how much these kids have been a part of my life, you know? I talk about them when I'm not at work, it's kind of odd!

<333 Oh, m'dear! Thank you for that. I love you and your memory! And I remember you telling me about your mum teaching, and and and how she remembered pretty much all of her kids. Oh wow, for some reason it didn't come to mind until you mentioned it again!

I think what prompted me to say that they won't remember is that some kids have been visiting from last year, and they've no idea who I am. Granted, I didn't spend as long of the time with them as I've done with the most recent batch of kids, but it was still hurtful. One of the boys who was so clingy to me when I was first there, has now completely forgot who I am. And I mean completely - when he visited last month, he remembered the other teachers, but was distant with me and acted as if I was a stranger

[libraire]

DEPAPEPE ♥ I need to redownload that, I've lost it since I got a new computer. Sad.

And also, you know, I don't think these kids will forget you. If you ever see one of them again in 10 years and tell them who you are, I'm sure they'll remember. Kids don't forget the ones who oved them. ♥